Ministry of Commerce & Industry
Various measures taken by Government for promotion of exports
Government is continuously engaged in strengthening Indian industry through “ease of doing business” for improving the business environment and attracting foreign investments
Government is committed for promoting Indian exports in international markets and suitable interventions are done from time to time. The key schemes/interventions taken are:
- The Foreign Trade Policy has been extended upto 30.09.2021 to provide a stable regime during the Covid-19 pandemic.
- Schemes such as the Advance Authorization Scheme and the Export Promotion Capital Goods  Scheme are being implemented to enable duty free import of raw materials and capital goods for export production.
- The Interest Equalization Scheme, which provides pre and post shipment Rupee export credit has been extended upto 30.09.2021.
- Remission of Duties and Taxes on Exported Products  scheme has been operationalized for exports with effect from 01.01.2021.
- It has been decided to extend the Rebate of State and Central Levies and Taxes  Scheme for apparel and made-up exports till March 2024.
- Transport and Marketing Assistance  scheme for specified agriculture products provides assistance for the international component of freight and marketing of agricultural produce and to promote brand recognition for Indian agricultural products in the specified overseas markets.
- A common digital platform for Certificate of Origin  has been launched to increase Free Trade Agreement  utilization by exporters.
- In order to leverage the full export potential of our vast country, Districts are being promoted as Exports Hubs by identifying products and services with export potential in each district, addressing bottlenecks for exporting these products/services and supporting such local exporters/manufactures through institutional and strategic interventions. District specific export action plans for 478 districts have been prepared.
- Exports of services is being supported through negotiating meaningful market access through multilateral, regional and bilateral trade agreements, through participation in and organization of international fairs/exhibitions like the Global Exhibition on Services. An ‘Action Plan for Champion Sectors in Services’ is being developed to give focused attention to identified Champion Services Sectors through identified nodal Ministries/Departments
- Assistance is being extended to exporters under the Market Access Initiative  scheme for various activities such as export market research & product development, product registration, organizing / participating in fairs, exhibitions and Buyer Seller Meets  abroad, Reverse Buyer Seller Meets etc.
- In order to have a coordinated and focused attention on development of export infrastructure, a working group on infrastructure up-gradation has been constituted under National Committee on Trade Facilitation  and a National Trade Facilitation Action Plan  has been formulated. This includes measures for improving road and rail connectivity to ports and smart gates at sea ports.
Government is continuously engaged in strengthening Indian industry through “ease of doing business” for improving the business environment and attracting foreign investments.
To make domestic manufacturing globally competitive and to create global champions in manufacturing,Production Linked Incentive  Schemes in 13 sectors are being implemented. The Government has initiated a review of some of the existing Free Trade Agreements  to maximize its export potential to benefit domestic industry as well as to make them more user friendly, simple and trade facilitative. In addition, bilateral trade negotiations have been initiated with a number ofcountries.
This information was given by the Minister of State in the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Smt. Anupriya Patel, in a written reply in the Lok Sabha today.